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Hierarchies and Communication : Analyzing Negotiated Power Relationships in a Small Software Company
(East Carolina University, 2013)
This dissertation examines chatroom data gathered over the course of approximately five months at a small software organization to determine whether the power hierarchy in such organizations diverges from the org chart ...
Workaholism and Workplace Incivility : the Role of Stress and Psychological Capital
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The current study aimed to fill a gap in the research on incivility in the workplace by investigating who is more prone to engage in uncivil work behaviors. The connection between workaholism, incivility, stress, and ...
"The Tonic of Wildness" : Thoreau's Critique of Industrial Capitalism
(East Carolina University, 2015)
This thesis is a critical intervention in contemporary Thoreau scholarship. It argues against Ashton Nichols's application of his concept of "urbanature" to the writings and philosophy of Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau's ...
Quietus
(East Carolina University, 2015)
Quietus is a collection of three short stories dealing with themes of corruption, death, and loss. There are elements of psychological horror at play with the occasional emergence of humor, whether it is lighthearted or ...
Conspicuous Female Ornamentation and Tests of Male Mate Preference in Threespine Sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
(2015-03-25)
Sexual selection drives the evolution of exaggerated male ornaments in many animal species. Female ornamentation is now acknowledged also to be common but is generally less well understood. One example is the recently ...
Cultural Differences in the Overtness and Covertness of Positive and Negative Emotion
(East Carolina University, 2013)
Recent research suggests that positive emotions are more often seen, less often hidden, and more often discussed than negative emotions in Western culture. These results support the Western preference towards the maximization ...
An Evaluation of Referral and Follow-Up Care for Postpartum Home Visitation Recipients
(2015)
A collaborative partnership was developed with a local Health Department, specifically the Postpartum Home Visitation (PPHV) program in the county and a senior nursing student at East Carolina University College of Nursing. ...
Fish assemblage and habitat use in North Carolina and Virginia waters during the annual Cooperative Winter Tagging Cruise, 1988-2013
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-10)
Long-term ecological research can be valuable in understanding ecosystem function and species requirements, allowing managers to better regulate and enforce strategies for continued use of the resource, commercially and ...
The Influence of Race on Gestational Exercise and Birth Outcomes
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-31)
In the United States, long-standing racial disparities in adverse birth outcome are prominent among the non-Hispanic Black (NHB) population, particularly when compared to Caucasians. Although maternal physical activity ...
An Argument for Writing Assessment Literacy for Multilingual and L2 Writers: Deconstructing Linguistic Bias
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-31)
College composition classrooms are becoming less monolithic as they linguistically diversify. When L2 writers are present in college composition classrooms, they are vulnerable to assumptions, and judgments about their ...